deeds in a situation where they are led to blindly obey an authority figure? The conscious says not to continue‚ but the authority figure said “It is absolutely essential that you continue” (Nevid & Rathus‚ p. 245). Should one resist and not obey the authority figures that made the immoral request? Stanley Milgram a Psychologist at Yale University did research study on this question. Milgram decision to study this question of obedience was rooted in his Jewish heritage and his determination to
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the Stanley Milgram experiment‚ I found myself questioning why and how the majority of the subjects that participated in the experiment were willing to inflict apparent pain and injury on an innocent person‚ and found myself curious as to how I would react should I but put in the same situation. I believe that the most significant reason for this disturbing absence of critical thinking and moral responsibility is because the subjects involved in the experiment were blinded by authority and trapped
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The aim of Milgram’s 1963 study was to see how far an ordinary person would go when asked to follow orders from an authority figure‚ even if it meant breaking their ethical code and harming another person. There were number of aspects of Milgram’s procedure. Firstly 40 male participants aged 20-50 were chosen by a volunteer sample as they replied to a local newspaper advert which was asking for people to take part in a study at Yale. The participants were paid $4.50 an hour and were told it was a
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Society’s Tendency to Pass on Responsibility The Obedience to Authority Experiment of Stanley Milgram is one of the most studied experiments in American history due to its wide-ranging social implications. The study gained popular attention because it aimed to provide some insight as to why the Holocaust had escalated in such a way. The study was designed around testing the degree of inflicted pain strangers would give to others‚ under orders by an experimenter. Not only did the study defy what
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Obedience In this essay I am going to write on how obedience can affect individuals on how they would normally behave and integrate in society. The meaning of Obedience is a form of social influence where an individual acts in response to a direct order from another individual‚ who is usually an authority figure. It is assumed that without such an order the person would not have acted in this way. (McLeod‚ 2007) Migram (1963) conducted a study on how obedient a person would be to an authority
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Obedience Stanly Milgram and George Orwell present individuals who ignore their own moral codes when they are confronted by authority figures. In Milgram’s experiment people continued to shock other test subjects continuously despite their reservations against it. Even when the participants in Milgram’s experiments did not want to continue with the experiment‚ the authority figure in the experiment was able to convince them to continue. Likewise‚ in Orwell’s autobiography “Shooting an Elephant”
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commanders. US authorities still need to decide on whether to extradite Karkoc‚ but Polish authorities have said his age will not be a problem. This however‚
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follow them because of our obedience towards authority figures. We tend to follow the rules of our authority because they generally know what is best for us and know what the right thing to do is. However‚ there may be times in which our authority figure is telling us to do something that either feels wrong or we know is the wrong decision or action to make. In this case‚ it sometimes makes individuals wonder whether to go against their beliefs and opinions to obey the authority or if they should choose
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Stanley Milgram Milgram‚ Stanley. Behavioral Study of Obedience (1963). Question? Why would people obey a legitimate authority figure even if they were asked to do something that was clearly and morally wrong? Hypothesis Milgram want to test the GADH (German’s Are Different Hypothesis)‚ which was currently being used by historians to explain the systematic destruction of millions of Jews‚ Poles and other’s in the 1930’s and 1940’s. This hypothesis maintains • Hitler could not have
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Obedience Ashley M. Martinez PSY/285 Stacie Flynn One of the most prominent studies of obedience in the study of psychology was performed by Stanley Milgram. The intent of this study was to research how far individuals would go in obeying a command while it involved hurting someone. Milgram’s curiosity to see how normal individuals could be influenced by enormity seems to be an influence for this study. My initial reaction to Milgram’s study video
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